Potsdam | Montréal

Experimental canadian musician, Ben Grossman works at the meeting point of traditional music and contemporary creation. He is a specialist of the hurdy-gurdy and of immersive sonic textures who explores imporvisation, electroacoustic music and in-situ composition. His approach intergrates cultural heritage as well as innovative sound research, creating works that blur the lines between performance, ritual, and soundscape.

Artiste de danse, théâtre et vidéo basé à Montréal, Nate Yaffe explore l’« auto-dé-correction » du corps pour libérer ses impulsions physiques. Ses œuvres, telles que le diptyque vidéo the_johnsons et la pièce scénique Dunno wat u kno, naviguent entre intimité, virtualité et résistance queer. Comme interprète, il collabore régulièrement avec des chorégraphes montréalais·es et a été nommé aux Helen Hayes Awards pour son rôle dans Occupied Territories. Il est également le créateur de This is actively built, une série de résidences artistiques queer.

Mariagiulia Serantoni is a dance artist, performer, and choreographer who explores the profound connection between sound and the body. Her work is inspired by the idea of ​​listening to the “noise” of movement—both physical and emotional. She uses sound, noise, and energy as tools to envision new ways of relating to ourselves, to others, and to the world. Through concepts such as frequency, distortion, and tuning, she creates sci-fi-esque bodily perspectives—worlds generated by and for the body—that invite us to consider alternative ways of existing in the world and with others.

Born in Milan in 1988, Andrea Parolin is a sound and image engineer trained at the School of Cinema, Television and New Media in Milan. After working as a boom operator and sound mixer for television, film, and documentaries, he moved to Berlin in 2013 to develop musical and performance-based sound projects. Alongside this, he continues to work as a freelance sound recordist in Germany and Italy, tirelessly exploring the secrets of location sound.